The Tomorrow Children

The Tomorrow Children was an adventure video game developed by Q-Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment.[2] It was announced during Gamescom 2014 at Sony's press conference in August 2014.[3]

The Tomorrow Children
Developer(s)Q-Games[lower-alpha 1]
Publisher(s)Sony Interactive Entertainment
Director(s)Dylan Cuthbert
Producer(s)Kazuharu Tanaka
Hiroshi Shiina
Artist(s)Dylan Cuthbert
Composer(s)Joel Corelitz
Platform(s)PlayStation 4
ReleaseOctober 25, 2016[1]
Genre(s)Action

Development

Engadget has described the game as "a mix of Minecraft-esque collaborative building, social economics and a Soviet Union-themed post-apocalyptic dystopia."[4] The Tomorrow Children runs on a proprietary game engine developed by Q-Games.[5] The game's graphics engine utilizes new technology, aiming to achieve a Pixar-like pre-rendered CGI look with real-time 3D graphics.[2][6] It utilizes the PlayStation 4's Async Compute technology extensively.[5] It features new lighting techniques developed by Q-Games, such as cascaded voxel cone ray tracing, which simulates lighting in real-time and uses more realistic reflections rather than screen space reflections.[6] This allows real-time global illumination,[5] without any need for pre-calculated or pre-baked lighting.[2][7] It supports direct and indirect illumination in real-time,[5] and up to three bounces of light per pixel from all directions (compared to one bounce for Pixar films).[6] It also features deformable landscapes, with layered depth cubes, representing the world as volumes, which are then converted to polygons as needed.[6]

A public beta test occurred from June 3–6, 2016.[8]

The game was released as an early access title on September 6, 2016 as The Tomorrow Children: Founder's Pack.

Discontinuation and relaunch

On July 6, 2017, it was announced the game would cease operations on November 1, 2017.[9]

On November 9 2021, Q-Games announced that they had acquired the IP to The Tomorrow Children from Sony Interactive Entertainment and intended to "rebuild" and relaunch the game at a later date.[10] This was an unprecedented move, as SIE had previously expressed disapproval towards the idea of selling their IPs.[11]

Reception

The Tomorrow Children received mixed or average reviews, according to review aggregator Metacritic.

Notes
  1. Additional work by Japan Studio

References
  1. "Play the Tomorrow Children for Free Starting Today". 25 October 2016.
  2. Dutton, Fred (September 16, 2015). "The Tomorrow Children – Delving deeper into Dylan Cuthbert's weird, wonderful PS4 exclusive". PlayStation Blog. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  3. Cuthbert, Dylan (12 August 2014). "PS4 Exclusive The Tomorrow Children Announced at Gamescom 2014". PlayStation Blog. Retrieved August 12, 2014.
  4. Trew, James. "PlayStation's push for indie games is epitomized by 'The Tomorrow Children'". Engadet. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
  5. "The Technology Of The Tomorrow Children" (PDF). Game Developers Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-04-06. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  6. Cuthbert, Dylan (October 24, 2015). "Creating the beautiful, ground-breaking visuals of The Tomorrow Children on PS4". PlayStation Blog. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  7. Walton, Mark (August 13, 2014). "PixelJunk Developer Reveals Details of Genre-Bending PS4 Exclusive The Tomorrow Children". GameSpot. Retrieved December 7, 2015.
  8. "The Tomorrow Children Open Beta Weekend Starts This Friday". June 1, 2016.
  9. Japan, Sony Interactive Entertainment. "『The Tomorrow Children(トゥモロー チルドレン) 』サービス終了のお知らせ/End of Service Announcement for The Tomorrow Children | The Tomorrow Children(トゥモロー チルドレン) プレイヤーズインフォメーション | プレイステーション". プレイステーション (in Japanese). Retrieved 2017-07-07.
  10. Romano, Sal (9 November 2021). "Q-Games acquires The Tomorrow Children from Sony Interactive Entertainment, rebuilding for re-release". Gematsu. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  11. Arevalo-Downes, Lauren (15 February 2012). "Sony Admits To Dropping The Ball On Demon's Souls". AList. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  12. "The Tomorrow Children for PlayStation 4 Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2021-09-06.
  13. Whitaker, Jed (6 September 2021). "The Tomorrow Children (PS4) Review". Computer Games Magazine. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  14. Butterworth, Scott (6 September 2021). "The Tomorrow Children Review". GameSpot. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  15. Smith, Rob (6 September 2021). "The Tomorrow Children Review". IGN. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  16. "The Tomorrow Children Review (PS4) | Aces high". Push Square. 6 September 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.


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